Howbridge Infant School

Foundation school·Infant school Witham, Essex·CM8 1DJ

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Howbridge Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

88%

84 first choices, 89 places

First choices per place

0.94

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

193

any preference, for 89 places

Last place offered lived

1.64 mi

straight line, 2025 intake · 2646 m

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13

00.511.5

1 per place

0.7020220.7220230.9320240.8120250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Good

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 267
Gender: Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

26.2%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.0%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.8%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

7.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

20.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.6

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,045

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Howbridge Church of England Junior School Witham · 0.1 mi 35.5 Holy Family Catholic Primary School Witham · 0.2 mi 56.0 Chipping Hill Primary School Witham · 0.4 mi 52.9 Witham Oaks Academy Witham · 1.0 mi 53.8 Templars Academy Witham · 1.5 mi 29.6 Elm Hall Primary School Witham · 1.8 mi 34.7 Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School Chelmsford · 1.9 mi 83.8 Great Totham Primary School Maldon · 2.5 mi 72.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Howbridge Infant School at a glance

Located in Witham, Essex, Howbridge Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 267 pupils aged 5 to 7. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection.

88% of the families who made Howbridge Infant School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.64 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 22.6 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.